The Rowing Team Of Indonesia Saturday 11 Gold In Thailand, Minister Basuki Messages To Maintain Achievement And Cohesiveness

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of PUPR)

BANTEN - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono who is also the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Rowing Sports Association (PB PODSI) welcomed the return of the Indonesian Dragon Boat Rowing Team which has participated in the 14th Asian Prize Boat championship at Rayong Pattaya Thailand.

Minister Basuki advised athletes to continue to work hard to maintain their achievements and cohesiveness in the next matches to win the best for the nation and state.

"All achievements must be maintained for the 2023 Asian Games, the only way is to be united. Maintaining achievements is not easy, but it will be possible if we remain united," Minister Basuki said in a written statement, Sunday, November 27.

Minister Basuki expressed his gratitude and expressed his pride for the 11 gold medals obtained by rowing athletes at the Asianhadishan Boat championship. "This is the result of the hard work of athletes, coaches, and PODSI administrators," he said.

The Indonesian Rowing Team participated in 12 race numbers from 18 events competed with 37 personnel consisting of 15 male athletes, 15 female athletes, 4 coaches, 1 massage, 1 manager, and 1 official.

From the 12 numbers that were followed, the Indonesian Rowing Team won 11 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. The gold medal was obtained from the DB 12 Crew Mix number 200 meters distance, 500 meters distance, 1000 meters distance DB 12 Crew Women distance 200 meters, distance 500 meters distance 1000 meters DB 12 Crew Open distance 500 meters, distance 1000 meters DB 22 Crew Mix distance 200 meters, distance 500 meters, distance 1000 meters. Meanwhile, the Bronze Medal was obtained from the DB 12 Crew Open nomkr 200 meters distance.

The Asian Dragon Boat Championship was attended by 12 participating countries, namely China, China Taipei, Hong Kong China, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Australia, Cambodia, India, Singapore, Nepal and Indonesia.

The success of the Indonesian Team is the result of preparations that have been made since early January 2022 where the team is prepared to take part in the 2022 Asian Games in August which due to something has been postponed to September 2023.

Athlete personnel were selected from the results of the 2021 Papua PON as well as the results of the leadership of the national coaches through the talent search program (Talent Scouting) as well as the results of the review and selection of the Kemenpora Team in forming the National Team.

Also present at the welcoming ceremony were the Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Center Tursandi Alwi and the Director General of Water Resources of the Ministry of PUPR Jarot Widyoko.